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1919
1919 - 0738.PDF
JUNE 5, 1919 THE TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT IN our last issu" we were able to record briefly the arrival of the N.C. 4 at L sbon, and on Saturday last she arrived at Plymouth and was g'ven a real British welcome. She left Lisbon on May 30 at 5.29 a.m. Greenwich t me, but had to com" duwti at the Mondego River at 7 a.m. ow ng to trouble with one of the engines. At 1.38 p.m. a re-start was made, and Ferrol, 340 miles from L'sbon, was reached at 4.47 p.m. ; it was then decided to stay for the night. At 6.27 the next morning, although the weather was th'ck and squally, Com mander Read resolved to go on and Ferrol was left at 6.27 a.m. The N.C. 1, 3 and 4 leaving Rockaway Air Station on their first leg of the Atlantic flight via the Azores. The U.S. Naval Seaplane N.C. 4 arrives at Plymouth, completing the crossing of the Atlantic by the air. The N.C. 4 is to the left in Plymouth Harbour, and taxying is British Seaplane W 4499, flying the British and American flags, on its way to greet the voyagers. 738
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